Hobbes and America : : Exploring the Constitutional Foundations / / Frank Coleman.
This path-breaking study seriously shakes the credibility of the prevalent interpretations of American government and politics. It exposes the real American constitutional morality, one embodied in a code adhered to by those in political life.Frank Coleman makes a persuasive case that the real roots...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©1977 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (170 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Operative realities
- 2. De-mythologizing American politics
- 3. The roots of American constitutionalism
- 4. Liberal democracy and conflict-management
- 5. The Lockean connection
- 6. American constitutional philosophy: Madison, Thoreau, Calhoun, and Sumner
- 7. The predicament
- Index